Subject full text search question
Author Herbert Sitz
I have a question about the functionality of the full text search
component in IBO. Currently I'm using DBISAM and I depend on having
a full text search function that integrates nicely within a query's
SQL. For example, I can issue a SELECT statement that both queries
table fields and does a full text search at the same time:

SELECT * from Table where tabledate between '2003-05-01' and '2003-05-
31' and textsearch('octopus' in memofield1);

I like the speed and ease-of-use I get when the full-text-search
functionality is integrated with the SQL in this way.

My question is: what sort of integration with regular SQL does the
IBO full text search provide? If it doesn't integrate into the SQL
in the same way as DBISAM's full text search (which I expect may be
the case), then what process is used to get the results of a SQL
query joined with the results of a full text search? I want to avoid
the writing of intermediate tables or anything else that's going to
slow things down.

Thanks for any help,

Herbert Sitz